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Hattiesburg American: Fact, fiction of immigration reform remains problematic
July 18, 2013
(Original Post) Jul. 17, 2013 12:53 PM Written by Sid Salter For more centrist Republicans, the 2012 election cycle was enough to jump start a new discussion of compromise from hard right-wing dogma on immigration reform both at the national and state level. Yet what was a promising start for the 2013 version of immigration […]
Stateline: Little Financial Aid to States in Immigration Plan
July 18, 2013
(Original Post) By Daniel C. Vock, Staff Writer The immigration overhaul passed by the U.S. Senate could put a big squeeze on the budgets of state and local governments. The proposal does not help states pay for costs incurred by required policy changes, including ramped up English classes and greater access to public hospitals and […]
Bloomberg BNA: Sales Tax Slice: Attention Shoppers – A Sales Tax Holiday is Occurring in a State Near You
July 15, 2013
(Original Post) Thursday, July 11, 2013 by Rebecca Helmes Your kids may have just finished school for the summer, but it’s time to start devising your back-to-school shopping plan. A break from sales taxes may come as a welcome respite for consumers and retailers. But these tax vacations have been consistently panned from a fiscal […]
CBS Denver: Immigration Changes Will Help Colorado Revenue
July 15, 2013
(Original Post) July 13, 2013 3:59 PM DENVER (AP) – An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says Colorado would gain almost $43 million in tax revenue if people in the state who entered the country illegally were allowed to work legally. The institute says people living in the country without legal […]
OPB: Undocumented Immigrants In Oregon Paid About $94 Million In Taxes
July 15, 2013
(Original Post) OPB | July 12, 2013 3:38 p.m. | Portland, Oregon A new national report indicates that undocumented immigrants in Oregon paid about $94 million in state and local taxes in 2010. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy findings are based on figures from the 2010 U.S. Census and the Pew Research Hispanic […]
Crain’s Detroit Business: Immigrants pay taxes, too
July 15, 2013
(Original Post) Now that the U.S. Senate has approved a bipartisan immigration bill, and it is all but dead in the Republican-controlled U.S. House, those supporting reform are pointing to a report released last week by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy as another reason to support overhauling the system. The report provides a […]
Capital Journal: What South Dakota is doing seems to be working
July 15, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2013 10:46 pm David Rookhuyzen Dakota voices As a born-and-raised Arizonan I will always have a special place in my heart for the Grand Canyon State. But I have to say, in the past 10 months I’ve become a little enamored with my new home. South Dakota is certainly […]
NY Daily News: Republicans give immigrants a reality check on expecting immigration reform
July 15, 2013
(Original Post) Forget about a comprehensive immigration bill. And so much for a bipartison bill out of the House. By Albor Ruiz / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A reality check. That’s what the Republican tactic on immigration reform, announced last Wednesday by the Speaker of the House after a much-publicized closed-door meeting with his party, […]
Ashbury Park Press: Columnist dead wrong on economic equality
July 15, 2013
(Original Post) 5:58 PM, Jul. 12, 2013 Patrick Buchanan’s July 7 column, “The top threat to liberty: Freedom lost when the state mandates equal outcomes,” is peppered with fallacies, distortions and paranoia. Exactly which state programs or policies “mandate equal outcomes,” as Buchanan contends? If the U.S. is so focused on equality, as he argues, […]
About.com: Unauthorized Immigrants Paying Plenty in Government Taxes
July 15, 2013
(Original Post) By Dan Moffett, About.com GuideJuly 15, 2013 A nonpartisan Washington think tank says that unauthorized immigrants generally pay as much in taxes as U.S. citizens and they would pay a lot more to the state, local and federal governments if comprehensive immigration reform happens. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released […]
KCEC News: Contribución de inmigrantes
July 12, 2013
En medio del debate migratorio, el reporte recién publicado por el instituto de política económica y tributaria, indica que colorado se beneficiaría de decenas de millones de dólares en impuestos adicionales a miles de inmigrantes legalizados bajo una reforma.
Business First: Immigration reform would add $56M to Kentucky, Indiana coffers
July 12, 2013
(Original Post) Staff Business First A newly released study shows that national and state tax revenues in Kentucky and Indiana would increase by nearly $56 million annually if immigration reform passes. As The Courier-Journal reports, the study by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that millions of undocumented immigrants who would obtain […]
Public News Service: Supporters say Immigration Reform Would Boost Ark. Economy & Tax Revenue
July 12, 2013
(Original Post) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Supporters of immigration reform say it would not only help the Arkansas economy, it would also bring in millions more in state and local taxes. According to the non-partisan, non-profit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Arkansas already collects more than $70 million a year from undocumented immigrants, and […]
NJ Spotlight: Immigration Reform Could Boost NJ Tax Revenues by $80M Yearly
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) Higher wages, more spending, increase in income taxes and sales taxes expected if undocumented workers became legal By Hank Kalet, July 11, 2013 Local and state tax coffers could gain see an injection of more than $80 million in taxes annually if federal immigration reforms are passed and undocumented workers are brought into […]
Art Voice: Making Believe in Big
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) by Bruce Fisher Issue v12n28 (07/11/2013) A future based on the rich entertaining the poor? When the Indianapolis Colts play the Denver Broncos on October 20, 2013 in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the average ticket price, according to a ticket website called Vivid Seats, will be $467. That is the before-tax weekly […]
Michigan Radio: Two plus two isn’t five
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) Lessenberry commentary for 7/11/2013 I have nothing against the Theater of the Absurd. I was taught French years ago by an odd method based on the comedies of Eugene Ionesco, the master of irrational dialogue. But absurdity doesn’t work very well as a guide to life, unless, say, you are an infant, or […]
The Courier-Journal: Immigration reform would net $23M more for Kentucky
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) Jul. 10, 2013 11:48 PM Written by James R. Carroll WASHINGTON — Calling it “flawed” and “rushed,” House Republican leaders Wednesday snubbed sweeping immigration reform legislation, even as a new study showed that state and local tax revenues in Kentucky and Indiana would increase by nearly $56 million annually if reform passed. “House […]
UALR: Immigration Reform Could Boost Arkansas Revenues
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) By MALCOLM GLOVER A recent analysis by a liberal-leaning think tank estimates that undocumented immigrants pay $72.4 million a year in state and local taxes in Arkansas. Supporters of immigration reform efforts in the U.S. hold a rally in Washington, D.C. and urge Congress to pass legislation. The report from the Institute on […]
MSN Money: Legalized immigrants could add $2 billion in taxes
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) A nonpartisan study shows that granting them such status would allow them to pay a great deal more. By Jason Notte Undocumented immigrants are robbing taxpayers, you say? Well, you could get $2 billion of that back each year if those same immigrants were allowed to work here legally. A study conducted by […]
Philadelphia Inquirer:Study shows financial gains if immigrants can work legally
July 11, 2013
With the cost to revamp immigration law looming large in the national debate, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a left-of-center nonprofit in Washington, released a study Wednesday that estimates big gains in state and local taxes if undocumented immigrants were allowed to work legally. The study estimated that New Jersey would […]
Yakima Herald Republic: Undocumented immigrants paid $292M in state, local taxes in 2010
July 11, 2013
By Mike Faulk Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. — Undocumented immigrants paid $292 million in state and local taxes in Washington in 2010, according to a new study. Released this week by the Washington, D.C., nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the study ranks the state 10th in the nation for most taxes paid […]
Santa Fe New Mexican: Immigration reform would boost state’s tax revenues by $6M
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:00 am By Adele Oliveira The New Mexican A study released Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says comprehensive immigration reform would increase New Mexico’s annual tax revenue by $6 million and national tax revenue by $2 billion. Titled “Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax […]
WHYY Radio: Study shows N.J., Pa. and Del. could profit from immigration reform
July 10, 2013
Original Post July 10, 2013By Ann Marie Awad Audio File at the link Immigration legislation pending in Congress could boost revenue for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, according to a study released today by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). ITEP Executive Directer Matt Garder says those who crossed the border illegally […]
Bergen Record: News Immigrant tax study sees $81M gain for N.J.
July 10, 2013
Original Post Tuesday, July 9, 2013 BY MONSY ALVARADO New Jersey immigrants living in the country without legal permission are paying sales tax, and some pay property taxes and even personal income tax. Those state and local taxes totaled $476.4 million in New Jersey in 2010, and could increase by $81 million if Congress passes […]
Arkansas Times: Immigration reform would be good for the economy
July 10, 2013
Original Post July 10, 2013by Max Brantley Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families cites the benefits of immigration reform that would legalize more of the people already at work and building families in the U.S. With fiscal costs and benefits figuring large in the immigration reform debate, a new analysis estimates that undocumented immigrants are […]
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